ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,545, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SMS Group GmbH (Dusseldorf, Germany).
"Device and method for rolling a metal strip" was invented by Michael Zielenbach (Siegen, Germany) and Olaf Norman Jepsen (Siegen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and a method for rolling a metal strip. A distance of the upper/lower backup roll at at least one point thereof from a predetermined upper/lower reference point is measured by an upper/lower sensor and the measured values of the sensors are sent to a control device. A strain of the roll stand is calculated using a mathematical model, taking into account the rolling force generated....